Poor Fucking Infantry

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'Excuse me, Officer,' Jarre blushed. 'I just want to prevent any mistake... The Commissioner clearly... Explicitly talked about an allocation to the PFI, so I...' 'You're home, boy' snorted the sergeant, disarmed a bit by being called "officer". 'This is your assignment. Welcome to the Poor Fucking Infantry!'

Poor Fucking Infantry, or PFI (pee-eff-eye), was an infantrydivision consisting of conscripts and volunteers that lacked any relevant combat, riding, or archery experience. It was formed in Vizima during the war with Nilfgaard and it was there where Jarre and Melfi joined its ranks.

Every member of the division had tied a bundle of hay to their right leg and one of straw to their left one. The reason of this bizarre thing was that, since all the members were mostly illiterate and ignorant farmers who didn't discern the left from the right, for the sergeant who trained the unit only had to simply say "Straw, Hay, Straw..." instead of "Left, Right, Left..." during the marches.

The PFI took part in the Battle of Brenna under the command of the voivodeBronibor. Initially held in reserve, it was assigned to stop the counter-charge of the NilfgaardianNauzicaa and 7th Daerlanbrigades. Consisting primarily of inexperienced pike-men matched against the enemy's cavalry the PFI sustained heavy casualties in the clash, Bronibor included. It did manifest a surprising valor however and managed to hold its ground.